143 search results for “second world war” in the Student website
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Historian Gert Oostindie the new Cleveringa Professor
Gert Oostindie, Emeritus Professor of Colonial and Postcolonial History, is this year’s Cleveringa Professor at Leiden University. He was appointed by the University on 4 October. In his inaugural lecture on 24 November, entitled Courage and Disregard, he will talk about (academic) freedom in relation…
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Bart van der Boom
Faculty of Humanities
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Marlies van Boekel
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree: ‘It’s high time to discuss the ritualisation of the past’
The annual commemoration of the nation’s war dead on Dam Square and at Waalsdorpervlakte, the Dutch apologies for historical slavery and the Cleveringa Lecture itself: our relationship with history is often ritualistic, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree will say in his inaugural lecture on 27 Nove…
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Cleveringa Professor: Holocaust remembrance has led to very different political lessons
From memorials to the armed forces to memory stones for individual victims. It was only later that the Holocaust took a central role in Western remembrance culture, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree notes. ‘Nationalists and human rights activists both invoke the experience of the Holocaust.’
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Cleveringa honoured with statue in birthplace of Appingedam
Almost 81 years after his famous protest speech against the German occupation, Leiden professor Rudolph Pabus Cleveringa will be remembered in his Groningen birthplace of Appingedam. A statue of him will be unveiled there on 12 November amid various other activities.
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Freedom: what does it mean?
On 5 May we celebrate freedom, a basic human right that should not be taken for granted. We asked international students and staff what it means to them.
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Roos van der Haer
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Frans Osinga
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Abhishek Avtans-
Faculty of Humanities
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Alies Jansen
Faculty of Humanities
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Carolien Stolte
Faculty of Humanities
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Silvia D'Amato
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Alanna O'Malley
Faculty of Humanities
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Beatriz Santiago Belmonte
Faculty of Humanities
- War in Ukraine: one university website for help, action and questions
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Uhlenbeck scholarship programme for mandatory study abroad
Master
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Olga Nozdracheva
Faculty of Humanities
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Leiden University's world-renowned collection of Middle Eastern Manuscripts
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Nivja de Jong
Faculty of Humanities
- Student Buddy Service: also for students affected by the Ukraine war and other conflicts
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Leiden Papyri and the Economic History of the Early Medieval Islamic World
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Special Rapporteur visits Leiden: ‘Suspend the supply of arms to the warring parties’
Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, visited Leiden Law School on 8 December within the scope of International Human Rights Day.
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Eamon Aloyo
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Corinna Jentzsch
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Anneleen van der Meer
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Giles Scott-Smith
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Claire Vergerio
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Thijs Brocades Zaalberg
Faculty of Humanities
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William Michael Schmidli
Faculty of Humanities
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Lukas Milevski
Faculty of Humanities
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Anais van Ertvelde
Faculty of Humanities
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Nicolas Rodriguez Idarraga
Faculty of Humanities
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Juan Masullo Jimenez
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Oran Kennedy
Faculty of Humanities
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Annelies Schulte Nordholt
Faculty of Humanities
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Jin Hee Park
Faculty of Humanities
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Ae Ree Nam
Faculty of Humanities
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Mahmood Yenkimaleki
Faculty of Humanities
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Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Katarzyna Cwiertka
Faculty of Humanities
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Uhlenbeck scholarship research master students
Master
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Paul Meyboom
Faculteit Archeologie
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Support the Ukrainian and Russian students in Leiden and The Hague
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has also had dramatic consequences for Ukrainian students at Leiden University. Besides their intense concern about the fate of family and friends, they also face major financial problems. This also applies to Russian students who can no longer access their bank accounts.…
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Exhibition on Anton de Kom’s second life, which began in Leiden
Few people would associate the name Anton de Kom with Leiden. Yet the Surinamese freedom fighter is the subject of an exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal.
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Are you (to be) a second year master’s student? Apply for the Joint Interdisciplinary Project!
Education
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EUniWell Open lectures series | War, Peace and Overcoming Helplessness: The Role of Universities
Lecture, Lecture part of a series
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Second Caring Universities research results: students are reporting more psychological issues
In June 2020, Caring Universities researched the mental health and resilience of students. This was repeated again in January 2021. The results of this second investigation show that more students are reporting psychological issues such as stress and mood swings than during the first investigation.
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Martijn Lemmen
Faculty of Humanities
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Keiko Yoshioka
Faculty of Humanities